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“Angels and Airwaves is a complete, pure reflection of who I am. The philosophy, the spiritualism, the esotericism, the idea of hope and space and the themes about life and grandeur that's all me.”

Ideas Philosophy Space Pure Reflection Angel Who I Am Theme Grandeur Spiritualism

Author:Tom DeLonge

“The reflection and experience of many years have led me to consider the holy writings not only as the most authentic and instructive in themselves, but as the clue to all other history. They tell us what man is, and they alone tell us why he is what he is: a contradictory creature that seeing and approving of what is good, pursues and performs what is evil. All of private and public life is there displayed. ... From the same pure fountain of wisdom we learn that vice destroys freedom; that arbitrary power is founded on public immorality.”

Men Writing Years Life Is Evil Seeing Holy Pure Creatures Reflection Vices Pursue Clue Fountain Arbitrary Contradictory Public Life Immorality Approving

Author:Gouverneur Morris

“Critical reflection on practice is a requirement of the relationship between theory and practice. Otherwise theory becomes simply "blah, blah, blah, " and practice, pure activism.”

Practice Theory Pure Reflection Critical Activism Requirements Blah Theory And Practice Critical Reflection

Book:Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

Source: Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

“An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.”

Mind Heart Persons Light Consciousness Pure Reflection

Author:Ramana Maharshi

“'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.”

Names Materials Pure Reflection Categories Flux

Book:Essays in Radical Empiricism

Source: Essays in Radical Empiricism

“From a pure metaphysical perspective, there is no world outside ourselves. So, at the deepest level, the state of the planet is more a reflection of the consciousness of mankind than the consciousness of mankind is a reflection of world events.”

World States Levels Consciousness Mankind Events Planets Perspective Pure Reflection Metaphysical World Events

Author:Marianne Williamson

“The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.”

Desire Race Emotion Missing Pure Elements Reflection Salvation Aliens Demon Dreams From My Father Our Demons

Book:Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Source: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.”

Beautiful Universe Pure Music Is Reflection Memorable Inner Beauty

Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But every now and then you catch a glimpse of the photographer's reflection. The mirror is just another function of the window.”

White Pure Photography Reflection Window Function Mirrors Photographer Photograph Description Frank Now And Then Minors Glimpse

Author:Alec Soth

“The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, the whole gorgeous and terrible pageant, were the breath-thin surface of a bubble, and everything else, inside and outside, is pure radiance. Both suffering and joy come then like a brief reflection, and death like a pin.”

Ifs World Whole Body Joy Suffering Terrible Drama Pure Reflection Breaths Surface Senses Dust Perceive Delusion Bubbles Gorgeous Pins Radiance Physical Body Pageant Inside And Outside

Author:Stephen Mitchell

“What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.”

Moments Given Pure Essentials Reflection

Book:Husserl, shorter works

Source: Husserl, shorter works

“She had the world’s worst poker face: her feelings floated across them like reflections on a still pond.”

Pure Reflection Simile Poker Face

Book:One Plus One

Source: One Plus One